ji most of the news
11 all the time
J XXXVIII
j melectric
i lines stretched
power io Flow Into Homes
along Road Leading Towards
Haltimore
aDopt OTHER PROJECTS
I Rural electrification is spreading
3 Warren county, it was learned
yesterday from a representative of
the local office of the Carolina
power dc Light Co. who stated that
a line would probably be completed
today or tomorrow along the route
I if a ci.cc towaros Baltimore which
cowe about five customers,
|H WOUiu
and that projects had been approvHed
for stringing rower lines in two
I other sections of W arren.
' The projects approved call for
H furnishing electric current in that
section of the county known as
I German Town for a distance of
I about three miles and for extending
the line in the Afton-Elberon
I section of the county, which was
I recently completed to serve about
80 persons, for a distance of a mile
in the direction of the homes of
| Jim L::::e; and Edward Peoples.
B About five new consumers are ex|
peered to be added to this line.
Some of the citizens living in
I German Town already enjoy the
modem comemences afforded by
IJ!| electricity that flows into that section
on a line from Ridgeway. The
new line will come in from another
angle and will serve around sixteen
'families, it was stated.
On the line leading south of Warrenton
towards Baltimore the
homes of R. O. Snipes, Russell
Palmer and E. H. Parker are among
those which electric current will
flow into for the first time within
the next day or so. Others are expected
to be added to this and
other lines as time moves onwardPatrolmen
Told
To Nab Motorists
With Old Licenses
Automobile and truck owners who
permit their vehicles to be operated
a after 12 o'clock on the night of De^
cember 31 without 1939 license
plates subject themselves to arrest
and fine, State Highway Patrolman
Parks Alexander warned this
I( week.
The officer said that no period of
*. grace would be allowed this year
and that the patrol force had received
orders to arrest all drivers of
motor vehicles on and after Jant
uary 1 which were being operated
j on the public highways with 1938
The new license plates may be
purchased from the Motor Vehicle
Bureau in Raleigh or from one of
i the numerous branch offices in this
I state. There is a branch office at
I Henderson and one at Rocky Mount.
Patrolman Alexander stated that
I te could not issue any type of
I iicense other than a For-Hire perI
mit and pointed out that it was just
I a bother and waste of time for anyI
one to come to him to secure
I license plates.
I Letters To Santa
I Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little boy, seven years old.
I I want you to bring me a bicycle, a
cap pistol, a pencil box, a spinning
I top, a target and pistol, and a footI
ball, piease be good to the poor
I children, to Brother Fleming, and
I Coonie Stevenson.
1 am your little boy,
|"uuil JtlULii' Si'tUAiiU.
Warrenton, N. C.,
De"- 19, 1938.
Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little girl, two yeaTs old. I
*ant you to please bring me a big
Ml that ran sleep and cry, a doll
carriage, a harp, a horn, a spinning
t0P, and don't forget my doll a bottle
and a rand bucket. Please don't
f?rget rr.v f-randpas and grandmas.
Your little girly,
DORIS MARIE PERKINSON.
Warren ton, n. c-,
December 20, 1938.
Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little girl, two years old,
^ I want you to bring me a big
?'' that, can cry and sleep, a doll
carriage, doll bed, horn, sweater,
Wash tub and board, some picure
books, and a dresser set. Please
o?n't forget Mama, "Dot," and the
aby, "Charlie" Sammons.
?Ur little girl,
Patricia ann paschall.
Warrenton, n. C?
December 20, 1938
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Jeff Palmer |g!
Wins Honors With : 1
Carnegie Course e
| %
Jeff Palmer, son of Mrs- J. D. i |j
Palmer of Warrenton, is another
Warrenton boy who seems to be |jj
making a name for himself, as is re- g
vealed by the following letter which ?
was received several days ago from 5
Dale Carnegie Institute of Effective |l
Speaking and Human Relations, ?
from which he was recently grad- ^
uated with honors: ?
"Jefferson Davis Palmer enrolled ?
in the Dale Carnegie Course in Ef- 1
fective Speaking and Personality %
Development six weeks after the
course started. He was our young- ^
est student. He was conscientious, g
worked hard and at the end of the ?
course was selected by the class to *5
represent the class in the Speech 6
conducted in Washington. Jeff won ^
fourth place in Washington and by ?
doing so became eligible to compete ?
in the Washington-Baltimore con- 2
test. He had to compete with men ^
and women from 25 years of age to ?
70 years. He won first place in f
Baltimore and was awarded an en- g
graved Telecron electric clock. He ?
finished the course and was award- jji
ed his diploma. I
M
"Jeff spoke at Constitution Hall
on Tuesday, September 13th on &
"What I Got Out of the Course" J
Other speakers on the program were 2
Dale Carnegie, Honorable Ramsey
S. Black, Third Assistant Postmaster
General, H. H. Hall, Examiner |
for the Reconstruction Finance Cor- g
poration, D. C. Campbell, member 2
of the Senate Pensions Committee.
Jeff made such a fine impression |
upon Dale Carnegie that Mr. Cam- &
egie had Jeff speak at his New York g
Mass meeting at the Astor Hotel, to 2
an audience of 2500 people Jeff |j
also spoke at the John Marshall ^
Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, on ?
October 19th. He also spoke at the g
High School Auditorium in Freder- 5
icksburg, Virginia, at the Freder- |
icksburg Mass meeting on October ^
28th. He made a second appearance
in New York City at the Astor _
Hotel for Mr. Carnegie and spoke
before 3000 people on November 2. C
He was asked to be a director of the
Fredericksburg, Virginia, class.
"Jeff is now connected with the
Historical Section of the National
Archives and also the Jefferson w
Standard Life Insurance Company
of Washington, D. C.
w
"We predict a bright future for t)
him and we think he deserves rec- ^
ognition." si
tl
Billy Hedgepeth se
President Of Class c
ti
Billy Hedgepeth, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Hedgepeth of Warren- c''
ton has been elected president of c
the freshman class of Appalachian ^
State Teachers College, it was learned
this week from a copy of The
Appalachian, student publication.
The college newspaper says in
part: "In a very close election this '
week Billy Hedgepeth emerged the h
winner in the race for president of
the freshman class. Hedgepeth's
majority came only after the second
ballot. C
tho hnnnr of Dresi- I .,
V ICillg xvyi v?*v
dent of the freshman class were
Billy Hedgepeth, James Newmeyer,
and J- T. Cunningham, Jr., Hedgepeth
being chosen in the second
ballot after Newmeyer had been r<
eliminated."
It is understood here that there r<
are 350 students in the freshman
class and the young Warrenton boy a
led his nearest opponent, Cunning- r<
ham, by 50 votes in the final balloting.
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Miss Scoggin To
Go To Alexandria a
Hartsville, S. C.?Miss Katharine p
H. Scoggin, librarian of Hartsville
Township Memorial library since it A
was opened in 1936, has accepted a
position as librarian at Alexandria, cl
Following two years of efficient
management here she left for her d
home at Warrenton on December
17. After spending the holidays s
with her parents there, she will go
to her new post- g
6-MONTH PIG DRESSES 218 g
G. C. Brown of Heck's Grove,
Warren county, reports that he kill- f,
ed a six montns um pig ~?
which dressed 218 pounds and ask- b
ed the question, "How is this fori
home living without control?" He'f,
said that the pig, a Poland-China, j
had been given plenty of milk and a
had pastured on soja beans up until
two weeks ago when put up for g
butchering.
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VARRENTON, COUNTY OF \
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Christmas Opportunities
May Be Given Destitul
Supplementing her list of last S-,
eek as more pathetic cases have
Dme to her attention, Miss Lucy fa
each, county welfare officer, this an
eek submits 36 Christmas Opporrnities
as worthy cases for the w?
lore fortunate to take in their dere
to bring joy to the homes of w<
le poor and sick at the yuletide ed
:ason. :
Commenting on the fact that
hristmas is practically here and
lat the persons represented in the fa
ises she has listed will have little ch
iod and no visit from Santa Claus
) brighten their homes and thrill iu
leir helpless children unless the mi
ood of mankind manifest itself
irough a spirit of giving, Miss
each is calling upon the public to mi
ike these Opportunities at once in at
rder that these people, too, may
ave a Happy Christmas. pr
Her list follows: dr
1. Needy colored girl?wants help
)r 3 children, girl 6, girl 3, boy 5. cr;
2 Needy colored family, 7 in fam- 13
y, needs food and old clothes.
3. Needy white family?5 boys mi
rsm 8 tn Ifi VPaYR old.
UUi v? vw -V ^
4. Taken by Girl Scouts in War- aF
;nton.
5. Taken by Miss McGowan's S
Dom of J. G H. S., Warrenton.
6. Old colored woman needs food
nd fruit for self and 3 grandchild;n.
7. Taken by Mr. Wilbur Davis. e"
8. Taken by 10th grade, J- G. H. "
., Warrenton. ? f
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9. Taken by Mrs. Albert Bost. T(
10. Sick old white woman?would ofl
ppreciate fruit and food- ee
11. Needy colored family, will ap- Qf
reciate food and clothes. J ^
12. Taken by American Legion I M
uxiliary of Warrenton. .
13. Father in hospital, colored, 6 C(
hildren. ta
14. Needy colored family?2 chil- ta
ren, boy 6, girl 2.
15. Taken by Baptist Missionary
ociety of Warrenton.
16. Needy colored family, boy 4,
. I~i -
irl 5, and oaoy. OL
17. Needy colored family, girl 11, th
irl 10, boy 7. "W
18. Needy colored family wants di
sod- of
19. Needy colored family, girl 15, li
oy 18, boy 13, girl 11, boy 9, girl 7. re
20. Needy colored family, wants 0r
ood and fruit.
21. Colored family in need of food
nd clothes.
22. Taken by 10th grade, J. G. H. Ci
!., Warren ton. j wi
23. Taken by 10th grade, J. G. H. W
irmt
VARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, DI
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umuu;i
\ Listed That Aid
:e Citizens of County
Warrenton.
24. Needy colored family, 7 in t;
mily, much sickness?needs food F
id fruit. a,
25. Needy colored family of 12 t
ints food. s
26. Orphaned white boy, 10, c
)uld appreciate being remember- a
27. Needy colored family.
28. Needy white family.
29. Needy colored family, 5 in ^
mily, widow with 3 small grandildren
to support.
30. Colored T. B. girl in Sanator- b
m?would appreciate being re- b
smbered. __ d
31. Taken by interested citizen.
32. Clothes and fruit or any reembrances
for two young women t
the Farm Colony for Women. .'
33 Needy white family would ap- ^
eciate food, fruit, or toys for chil- ^
en. n
34. Needy colored family. Mother 0
azy, father deserted family?girls p
, 6, and 1; boys 7 and 4.
35. White family, twin boys, 2 f
onths old, and son two years old.
36. Old man and woman wouid j.
predate anything for Christmas- j
cotts Entertain o
At Bird Supper a
c
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Scott en- f
rtained at a four course bird dinc
;r on Thursday evening in their
>me for the following guests: v
ajor Turnbull, area timekeeper;
>m Pendergrass, area assignment!
Seer; J. A. McGeady, area engin- i ^
r; W. A. Sutton, office engineer i
Durham; T- D. Huffner, con-j
ruction engineer of Henderson; P. j F
. Mallison, division supt. of prison j
partment of Rocky Mount, and E
jngressman John H. Kerr. The | d
ble bore a lace cloth, red lighted f
pers and a centerpiece of Nan- 11
na berries. y
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CHURCH GROUP MEETS p
The Warren Plains Methodist
tciety met on Friday afternoon in 8
e home of Mrs. J. L. Smiley of S
arrenton. Mrs. J. O. Long con- s
icted the meeting in the absence f
the president, Mrs. A. H. Walker, o
iter during the afternoon delicious y
freshments were served, bearing
i the Christmas season.
CAMERON MICHAEL ILL t
Friends regret to learn that Mr. ?
imeron Michael is seriously 111 P
ith pneumonia at his home in J
ise. i n
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Three Cases Tried
In Recorder's Court
With the day consumed in the
rial of three cases, Judge T. O.
lodwell laid aside his gavel late
londay afternoon with the decision
hat the other cases which were
cheduled for trial in Recorder's
ourt this week be continued until
later time.
Since there will be no court here
n Monday of next week due to it
eing observed as a holiday since
ihristmas falls on Sunday this
ear, it is expected that some of
he cases continued this week will
e tried January 9 while others will
e held over until the fourth Monay
in January in order that they
lay be heard by juries.
This week the major portion of
he court's time was consumed in
he trial before a jury of Morris
raughan, James Young, Phil Jones,
iOU Jack Taylor and Theo Vaughan,
iegroes, who were tried on a charge
f manufacturing whiskey for the
urpose of sale.
The jury said by its verdict that
'hil Jones and Jack Taylor wore
ot guilty of making and selling licit
liquor Morris Vaughan and
ames Young were each sentenced
y Judge Rodwell to twelve months
n the roads, sentence suspended on
he condition that they remain law
biding, pay a $50.00 fine and the
ourt costs. Theo Vaughan was
ined $25.00 and taxed with court
osts. Albert Middleton was also
harged in the same indictment
nth them with manufacturing
,-hiskey but he has not been aprehended
and the case against him
/as continued.
A cutting, said to have been unirovoked,
resulted with the state
aking a nol pros in the case against
!. W. Ellington and the court orering
Harrington E- Keeter to
erve six months on the roads or
;ave Littleton for a period of five
ears. Both men were charged
nth an assault with a deadly weaon.
A jury found Jesse Stansbury
uilty of an assault on his uncle,
!. T. Wilson, and he was ordered to
erve 60 days on the road or rerain
from entering upon the lands
f Mr. WiLson for a period of two
ears, and pay the court costs.
MEETING POSTPONED
The P. T. A. meeting which was
o be held at John Graham High j
ichool on Tuesday afternoon was
?ostponed until the third week in
anuary on account of the Christ-,
ras rush.
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r.ivrie lUoutf"10"
Miss C"u v
ption Price state
Mr- and Mrs. W. R. [
Baskervill To See
Rose Bowl Game
Mr. and Mrs. W. R- Baskervill will
leave from Durham on Monday for
Pasadena, California, to witness th?
Rose Bowl football contest between
the Duke Blue Devils and Southern
California Trojans.
Bob (Blackie) Baskervill, their
son, is a member of the Duke squad
which left Durham on a special
train Tuesday for the Rose bowl
contest. This is one of the biggest
games of the nation, and marks the
first time that a North Carolina
team has ever been invited to participate.
The invitation came to
the Blue Devils to play the Trojans
after Wallace Wade's boys had gone
through the football season undefeated,
untired and unscored upon.
Mr- and Mrs. Baskervill will be
joined 'in New Orleans by Dr.
George Baskervill, a brother of W.
R., who will make the trip with
them. They expect to return January
6th or 7th, unless they have
their tickets extended in order to
visit at New Orleans on the return
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. W- R. Baskervill
and Misses Edith and Lucy Burwell
were in Durham on Tuesday to see
the special off.
Officers Destroy
Still, Beer And
Whiskey In Raid
A large whiskey manufacturing
outfit and a quantity of booze and
beer were destroyed on Tuesday
when officers made a raid in Sixpound
township below Five Forks.
Four or more men who are said
to have been operating the plant as
the officers neared the site fled before
an arrest could be made, it was
stated. Sheriff Pinnell said that
before he and his men could reach
the still a shot was fired some distance
off, which, in his opinion, was
a signal to the operators that the
raiding party was approaching- The
men he saw from a distance, he
said, were negroes.
The still, which was a 65-gallon
capacity copper and galvanized iron
outfit, was running full blast when
the officers reached the scene. This,
with 30 gallons of whiskey and
3,000 gallons of beer, was captured.
Raiding with Sheriff Pinnell were
his No. 1 Deputy Roy Shearin,
Henry Haithcock and Early Shearin.
The outfit was later in the day
loaded on the truck of J. D. Dickerson
and brought to Warrenton.
Local Man Held On
Charge of Kidnaping
Richmond, Dec. 17.?A 19-yearold
Durham restaurant employee,
Albert. Newsome Moore of Warrenton,
N. C., was in Henrico County
Jail last night on charges of kidnaping.
He was arrested by State police
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canj j'coiA^iuaj nivinin^ u< M www.?
cax parked about six miles from
Richmond on Route 1.
David W. Johnson, 26-year-old
cab driver, testified at a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Melvin Flegenheimer that Moore
had forced him, at pistol point, 10
drive from Raleigh, N- C., to the
spot where they parked.
In default of $5,000 bond set by
Commissioner Flegenheimer, Moore
was taken to Henrico Jail. The
charge against him was kidnaping
for the purpose of obtaining transportation.
Testimony at the hearing charged
Moore with taking Johnson's cab
at Raleigh early Friday night and
asking to be driven to a point a
quarter-mile south of Raleigh. Arriving
there, he drew a gun and told
Johnson to keep driving, the cab
man saia.
According to testimony, he continued
giving orders to drive on
until they reached the point six
miles from here and told Johnson
to park. State Officers O. N. Lohr
and R. A. Faison saw the cab,
stopped to investigate, made the arrest,
and turned Moore over to
Federal authorities.
At the hearing Moore said he aid (
not remember what .happened the
night before and said he must have
been under the influence of whiskey.
He said he had "two or three"
drinks about 6:30 P. M- Friday
night.
Moore is reported to have left
Warrenton two years ago and to
have been employed in Durham.
Prior to that time he lived in north
Warrenton where other members of
his family still reside..
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NUMBER 51
HOLIDAY TO BE
TAKEN MONDAY
X
Business Houses To Be Closed
Day Following Christmas;
Few Plans Announced
SHOPPERS ARE RUSHING
The bank, stores and offices in
the court house will be closed here
next Monday in observance of
Christmas day, which this year falls
on Sunday.
Schools of the county closed down
Wednesday afternoon for the
Christmas holidays and will reopen
on Tuesday morning, January 3
The tobacco market ended its work
for the season following the close
of sales last Friday.
There are few announced plans
for the holidays here. The comradeship
of the holiday season is
heightened as the trains and busses
bring Warren folks home from
the schools and business centers,
and the town takes on new life
with this inroad of welcomed homefolks
and visitors.
Stores are busy with last minute
shoppers and the tempo of the
entire town is quickened by the
Christmas trade and the presence
of the boys and girls home from
schools and colleges as they move
along the decorated streets greeting
friends, renewing acquaintances
and darting in and out of stores to
make purchases.
While no public dance has been
planned as entertainment for the
yuletide season; many Warrenton
persons are expecting to enjoy a
hop which is to be given in the armory
on the night of December 28
by the Duke and Dutchess Club
which numbers around 65 active
members. Music for the occasion,
which is only for club members and
their invited guests, is to be provided
by Jeet Bennett's University
of North Carolina orchestra. In the
meantime college boys and girls are ,.]
gathering almost nightly at the club
house at the golf course to dance
and play and some are traveling to
nearby towns to attend dances or
other social functions.
Withal, Warrenton moves into
the holiday season without any outw>
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OLaJUUlllg UgiCllii- XO 1UUIW3 iiXVC IU
will be an old-time Christmas
around firesides of homes and
friends, pleasant but not startling
in any of its phases.
Christmas Program
At Parish House
The annual Christmas entertainment
for Emmanuel Church School
will be held in the Parish House on
Friday evening, December 23, at 7
o'clock with carol singing, recitations
and music, the Rev. B N. ie
Foe Wagner, rector, stated this
week in connection with an announcement
of services for Christmas.
Those attending the entertainment
in the Parish House are asked
to bring gifts of food and fruit to
send to the poor, to be placed in
the manager. A cordial invitation
comes from the rector to attend.
The minister's schedule for
Christmas day was listed by him as
follows:
9 a. m., Holy Communion, Good
Shepherd; 11 a. m-, Holy Communion,
Emmanuel; 4 p. m., evening
prayer, St. Alban's.
On Monday morning at 10:39
o'clock Holy Communion will again
be held at the Warrenton church.
The rector also extended to the
public a warm invitation to attend
these services as well as the entertainment
in the Parish House.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT THE
MACON BAPTIST CHURCH
There will be a special service,
with Christmas music and a special
message from the pastor, at the
Macon Baptist Church on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. R.
E. Brickhouse announced yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Horner of
onri Mr onH Mrs. Itobert
V/A1U1U ?11W *'?.
Powell and Miss Fannie Powell cf
Henderson will spend Christmas
with the Misses Edith and Lucy
Burwell.
Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Wilson will be: Mrs. W. D.
Murray and Miss Novella Murray
Mr. and Mrs. W- E. Stanley and
Miss Mildred Wilson of Durham,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wilson of
Rocky Mount, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Wilson of Roanoke Rapids, Mr. and
Mrs- Boyd Wilson of Henderson, and
Miss Eula Wilson of Concord.
Mr. Willie Prescott of Plymouth
is a guest of Mrs. Mary Mustlan.
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